Overview
- Chief financial officer Michael Venter and chief information officer Mark Potter will leave Optus in March next year, the company announced.
- Aussie Broadband finance chief Andy Giles Knopp has been named Optus CFO, with his start slated for the month after Venter departs.
- One New Zealand executive John McInerney will take over as CIO in November.
- CEO Stephen Rue said Venter is retiring to pursue a portfolio career and praised both executives, and the departure statement did not mention the outage.
- A Senate inquiry into the September failure is expected next week, and media reports have linked three deaths to the disruption.